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International community, have them employees of the afghan government, have them responding to u.n. direction, what, handing over $10 billion to the afghan government? any, way, none of this will happen. erik prince wont run his own intelligence service. you cant train at the battalion level unless you have a structure supporting you. people will get killed for $120,000. they will get killed for a bronze star with valor. so none this will happen. >> erik tries to make the argume argument, with a...

About? >> well, that depends. again, it depends on the unit. you might have them at the brigade level, one or two. you may have a couple at the battalion level, one or two. but you also have to consider these guys are very well trained, not only in fighting but in medical care and evacuation and in planning operations. there has to be support for these individuals on the ground, medevac, in case one gets hurt, in resupply operations. they have a lot of that that they can do as well as calling in...

Hold raqqa. and the reason we wont give them heavy arms is theyre connected to the pkk, which is a terrorist organization, a marxist group, that turkey will not allow us to arm. so this overreliance on the kurds, i think, is just a fantasy. at the end of the day, i dont see the pyk being able to change the tide of battle against isil. but the idea of a more american troops supporting the iraqi ground units makes sense to me. trainers at the battalion level, more american ground components to do ...

President you cant stand for. im going to to empower our allies on the ground in the middle east, egyptians am train them down to the battalion level. give them the air cover and support they need to soften those targets for them to go in and bring the fight. thats what we need to do. we need to have those folks bring the fight. its exteble threat not only to us but most immediately to the folks in the middle east. they need an american president they know they can count can on, stand with them,...

And were back with republican presidential candidate governor chris christie in our center seat tonight. foreign policy. charles. >> of course, syria is a big target for republican candidates. everybody is critical of obamas half-hearted measures. what exactly would you do to eradicate isis? i mean specifically. >> sure. >> and how do you handle american troops? >> heres how you do it. first what id say we have to arm and train our jordanians, egyptians, saudis. they see this as an existential t...

July the 12th. back to you. >> chris christie throwing his hat into the ring. >> i dont want to be the most popular guy who tries to figure out what you want to hear, say it and do something else. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of all of you there is one thing you will know for sure. i mean what i say and i say thatwhat i mean and thats what america needs right now. >> the 14th gop candidate making the announcement at his old high school in livingston new jersey. christie says hes...

Sustainable way by ourselves, and ultimately whatever victories we hope the iraqi achieve will have to be sustained by the iraqis but we under resourced the strategy. we need to provide more stuff for training and advising down to the battalion level than at the division level, and we need to provide more intelligence -- >> why havent they done that? you dealt with the administration and dealt with the national security team. why not? >> i think there is a major hesitation to get too deeply invo...

And he says u.s. forces need to play a greater role on the ground in iraq. >> i think that they do need to at least revisit the rules of engagement for our troops. for the troops that we have there. i think that we need american forward air controllers and spotters for the aircraft. attacks. and i think we need -- more flexibility for the use of special forces. and, i think we need to have embedded american trainers with the iraqi security forces, the anbar tribes, and with the, the kurds, down ...

Thinking it wont matter to us. were going to have to send some of our troops back over there, to partner with iraqis and arab armies making sure these radical islamists dont hit us here at home. there is no easy way forward. no way to win the war without some of us over there doing the fighting so they dont hit us here at home. >> still 3,000 military personnel in iraq. you want a lot more. how many troops do you want there? >> enough to partner at the battalion level. >> how many thousands? >> ...

Combat troops, we can and enhance our way with the sunni tribes with the way weve had dealings in the past. i dont think we will serve our interests or the interests of any of the concerned parties with a large conventional military force on the ground, combat troops, no. but the real weakness of the iraqi army as i see it, i defer to the expertise of general zinny here, the real weakness is a tactical weakness. they have bad tactical training. managing and keeping them there at the battalion le...