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I think if theres any question that putin has not made up his mind, diplomats and others need to keep working hard to prevent the conflict. >> general, russia amassing 70% of the troops it needs for an invasion, what does that tell you? >> intelligence officers, dont talk to me about enemy intentions. talk to me about capabilities. the russians have put together a force, ground, air, and sea, they have substantial 08-plus combat battalions ready to go in. this is not a bluff. i think putin was c...

And theyre being encompass sed in a fog of war, and its as much a notion of morale, fighting and willingness as it is the strength of your opponent. so i dont discount the ukrainians, but it is david fighting goliath, and they dont have the mobility or air power it would seem to me to confront 110 or more russian combat battalions. and by the way those battalions are well equipped and well-trained, reasonably. someone was saying they were all conscript soldiers. they are not. 80% of them are con...

Theres no question. you know, putin put 20 years of work into trying to modernize and change the nature of the russian armed forces. they did extremely poorly in both chechnya where they essentially fought for two years to take this little republic down and destroy the city of grozny. they did extremely poorly in georgia. they lost control of their logistics, command and control there. putin had thought he had gotten a new military with a new doctrine, and the ground combat force, i might add, h...

Having said that we have to say that the armed forces provide support under strict guidelines. what the president is doing is entirely legal. obama and bush did surges to the front here. it is helpful to the border protection. right now three combat battalions. there are three c130 and a c17. it is a legal operation and entirely a political stunt aimed at affecting the midterm elections. >> talk to us about your concerns about our country from nationalism to pipe bombs to the 11 innocent souls w...

Is weve been smart in keeping american ground troops out of this. this is not something where we want ground troops. we dont want military advisers in there. and we dont want forward air control parties in there on the ground that have to be backed up by combat battalions. this is something that these countries in the region are going to fight about for a long time, because its really about a combination of three things. its about regional dominance, iran versus saudi arabia. its about turkeys p...

Slavery. this guys wife, who was captured, is said to have been deeply involved in the human trafficking operation. so this was a significant i operation a. defense secretary ashton carter says it was a significant blow to isis. that said, there is another development involving isis gaining more ground in iraq. this continues in the city of ramadi, 70 miles west of baghdad. this is a critical fight because its a major transportation corridor. tive isis has moved no the center of the city. back i...

So right now were hearing a at this point that a large iraqi military force three combat battalions have basically set up on the outsquirts of ramadi and getting ready to launch a ground offensive. that could happen within the next couple hours. were going into the overnight hours here in the middle east. so were watching this very closely. if this city continues to be controlled by isis, this would be a major setback for the u.s. coalition efforts and the iraqi military. >> lots on the line. jo...

Ground in ramadi. heard that three iraqi combat battalions have started to move. they are getting help from u.s. coalition air strikes and pushing isis militants outside of the pefry of the city. isis had raised that ominous black flaggousing suicide attacks and car bombs and targeting iraqi security forces and police forces and government buildings as well. and so at this point, we are waiting to so if that operation the begin. it hasnt happen yet. and we hear that there is movement on the grow...

Offensive. what we are hearing is that three combat battalions are on the outskirts of ramadi. they are getting ready to launch an offensive to try to retake the city from isis militants. yesterday, isis blasted, essentially blasted its way into ramadi taking the center of the city taking the main government complex in the center of ramadi raising that ominous black flag. isis had already over the past couple weeks taken the northern and eastern parts of the city. so it was significant that they...