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Troubled areas around the world, just by virtue of their presence and what they do. lets just look a little more at what this letter had to say, and it goes on to say, the military will lead the fight against terrorism on the battlefield but needs strong civilian partners in the battle against the drivers of extremism, and lack of opportunity, insecurity, injustice, and hopelessness. and one of their allies, not unexpectedly, james mattis, a few years ago when mattis was still in uniform as head...

Complicated. thats where we dont noe what president trump is going to do.. he would make a mistake if he aligns himself with russia. >> chris: ric, the head of central command said this week we may well need more troops on the ground especially in syria. is that the right move? do you think its one that president trump is prepared to make? >> well, look, for sure president trump is going to make the best military decision according to the experts. one thing we know about president trump is that ...

After his inauguration last month, president trump signed an executive order that pledged to ramp up the fight against isis. he gave generals 30 days to come up with a plan. general joseph ortel, the head of americas central command said he may increase the number of u.s. troops deployed on the ground in syria and iraq. there were already 5,000 to 6,000 american soldiers advise and assist in iraq. and 500 special forces troops in syria. the u.s. may also deploy these soldiers in more forward, mo...

7:00 a.m. bagdad time. the u.s. has a lot involved in this fight. there are more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel in the country supporting iraqi forces in the battle for western mosul and u.s.-led coalition aircraft are also hitting isis targets according to a statement put out yesterday, since the beginning of the u.s. involvement in the war against isis, the u.s. has launched more than 10,000 combat sorties against isis targets. so definitely he wants to come here -- territory hes quite fam...

You would expect that the central command put out. they put it out obviously with the coordination of the iraqi government. theres a point on the battlefield at which you want the enemy to know youre coming. you unsettle them. they begin to move around, show vulnerabilities. makes it potentially easier for you to attack them. all of this is very calculated. but central command, the u.s. military is not giving you that fine granular intelligence, where theyre exactly going to launch an air strike...

Were talking, dealing with steve bannon. political mr. bannon now has a seat on the national security council. general mcmaster, no indication ideologically driven, years of his writing indicate that. mr. bonnon driven by ideology driven by the presidents need. how they will work together may be the most interesting thing to watch so far. but for now expect general mcmaster to be very much in line with secretary of defense mattis and the head of central command also working on the wars of iraq a...

I also think his check in metal. in other words, how much time do they have? i am just speculating. general mattis central command, middle east expert, far east doesnt know as much about it. leland: go kick the tires. obviously theres a lot more u.s. military hardware going bare, et cetera, et cetera into south korea. general, appreciate your insight. all the best. elizabeth: lets continue our conversation and our conversation and bring in our fair and balanced conversation to win present transa...

You basically took has a apart, and he is sitting 5 feet away from you. >> see, i am an honest person. the country has very deep-seated problems. we have to do something about it, and if you notice, when i finish my speech, i turned around, shook his hand -- >> absolutely. >> he was very gracious and smiling. >> i dont know if he was happy with that. >> he seemed to be. >> martha: more to come. full interview, 8:00 on "oreilly factor" ." were still learning more about what the night factor is go...

Im embarrassing him with his military record because its germane to our conversation. general, having been raised in a place we were told by presidents who insisted on it was a shining city on a hill, weve never heard language this dark from a president, say nothing on super bowl sunday. what do you think is going on here? >> i have no idea. i think its appalling. look, im a career soldier, as you know, brian, and the son of a career soldier. my son is a career soldier. whos he talking about whe...

For our viewers to understand, these central command and special operations command, these are the two commands that have largely had the burden of fighting the 9/11 wards for the last 15, 16 years. they are the ones i have done all the fighting and it certainly all the dying. i know that they appreciate it very much the commander in chief coming here after being in office only two weeks. he has said that he wants a comprehensive strategy from his general officers. hes going to get it. it will c...