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Without grabbing the resources of those we defeated. and donald trump made a point of emphasis in this campaign, saying we should have kept the oil. so a couple clear shots there, but colonel jack, what did you make of that? >> one thing to keep in mind is that dropping bombs on people is exactly the strategy this presidents used. doesnt make it a bad thing. its been very, very successful, as a matter of fact. targeted strikes on the infrastructure of isis has paid big dividends and he said so h...

Teaming up with donald trump, condemning barack obama. there it was, that was rhethe retirement ceremony from 2014, and his political activism in the two and a half years since then culminating in that republican convention appearance, leading to some controversy. you had chairs of the joint chiefs mike pennington. you had mike mullen saying that is not something he should have been doing, that mike flynn should have been doing. but now again the reporting suggests he may well be donald trumps s...

>> we dont have time to go into the long game, but finally, what would be considered a success? >> well, getting isis just out of the area, but more significantly, its always easier to take the objective than it is to hold on to it. the iraqis have trained 25,000 policemen to go in there and establish order once the -- once isis is gone. it will be a success if iraq is able to hold on to mosul and to establish a viable government and people who can defend it against any future possible attacks, ...

Perimeter of mosul and move in, theyre going to run into a huge civilian population and a terrorist organization that is no stranger to using civilians as human shields, sheinelle. >> scary to think about. nbcs matt bradley, thank you. i want to bring in medal of honor recipient and msnbc military analyst, colonel jack jaco jacobs. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> how does iraq and its allies avoid the mass killings were hearing about, 284 men and boys? that is he...

I think that the establishment would like to -- is convinced that it needs to extract whatever its going to extract from him, insofar as he has left his buddies in the lurch in the middle of a combat zone. among the worst possible things you can do. its -- if you talk to anybody whos spent anytime in combat, with no more information than what you told them, they would think that hes a reprehensible creature. no, not surprised at all. >> colonel jack jacobs, always good to see you. >> you too. ...

Prisoner. he was freed last year in a prisoner swap. for more on the case, im joined by colonel jack jacobs, a medal of honor recipient and an msnbc military analyst. colonel jack, always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> as we look at what happened today. and of course, we cant talk about this without talking about the serial podcast that just came out with sergeant bowe bergdahl, in that podcast, he said he didnt want to do a plea deal, because he wants to tell his side of the story. is ...

Now. white house officials have cautioned the president wont announce a major change in strategy, but they also stress he is willing to escalate the u.s. response if necessary. joining me live, msnbc military analyst and medal of honor recipient, retired army colonel jack jacobs. no change in strategy, but the president and his team know we are entering the holiday, they see the polling. great number of americans concerned about their safety, worried they could possibly be the victim of an attac...

That, on that subject. the united states doesnt want to be left out and i think if we are going to make sure assad doesnt prevail, that we get very, very close to russia, that the two of us and maybe even iran as well conspire behind closed doors to decide what syria is going to look like once assad is gone. i bet you those conversations are already taking place. >> so many incredible things happening all at the same time. thank you very much, colonel jack. greatly appreciate it. that does it ...

Something wrong or not. he clearly -- anybody who has been in the army for more than ten seconds knows that thats wrong. its self-gratifying nonsense. and anybody in the military will tell you that. >> colonel jack jacobs. colonel jack, thank you, sir, nice to see you. >> you bet, thomas. so isis has a new way of spreading its pop gand da using a smartphone app. hard to believe there is an app for that. >> they released this app to help push videos and reports about life under the islamic stat...

The war grins -- war against isis. are they getting stronger? >> isis is expanding the battlefield. we have seen as recently as last week when the president of the united states and john kerry outlined all the ways in which isis was being squeezed, decimated, limited, constrained, and isis has demonstrated an ability to take the game out of that thesis. if this, you know, shows to be true. and they have had actually conducted and deployed these people to conduct such aurora there -- horror there...