that the resentment that fuels the insurgency continues to simmer under the rubble only to reuprety raert that s what s happened here time and time again. including in mosul. a city that american troops have libertied twice before what s to stop that from happening again? will when american military officials say the iraqi government and american officials both say that they ve set up iraq for success. they say that because they argue that life under isis was so bad that iraqis will have no choice but now to pull together and make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. but iraq doesn t seem to work that way. i ve been covering the american war in iraq for 15 years now. and the truth is i ve seen more victories than defeats. and yet we are still here. and this is the first time the first time i ve been covering iraq and not heard he anyone talk about an exit strategy.
it would be a brilliant exit strategy. we ll take a break. coming up any moment now, president trump will be met by french president emanuel macron. we ll bring that to you live. next, senate republicans society the reveal their new health care bill just two hours from now, but with some in the gop already voicing their ablute opposition is this bill dead on arrival? before we go, i have to share a little bit of late night. stephen colbert weighed in on the white house trying to defend don junior at least anonymously. another anonymous source said, the kid is an honest kid. okay. pump the brakes a little bit here. this kid is a 39-year-old man. and i got to say, it s never a good sign when the person sticking up for you wants to remain anonymous. don junior is a good person. wait, you re not going to use my name, right? for your heart. your joints. or your digestion.
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doing. i think one of the frustrations that we ve had, john mccain has expressed this over and over. there s no strategy. there s no long-term definition of what our goals are, what our exit strategy is, what we re trying to achieve. historically, our only interest in syria has been isis. and to the extent we re turning our attention to assad, that s a new piece of authority. there is no authority. i understand, i just learned this morning that the foreign affairs committee of the senate is thinking about taking up a new authorization, and i believe they should. let s not forget the russians are deeply involved in promoting and backing bashar al-assad s regime in syria as well with a lot of military activity. but, senator, if there were to be another bashar al-assad chemical attack against civilians in syria, killing civilians and children, would you support another u.s. military strike on syrian targets without formal authorization from congress?
in control but they re mortal. so it becomes less stable once they re gone. you are starting to get the undercurrent of worry among the elites and the business communities, the people who are closer to the kremlin. they re very worried about what comes next. what happens in 2024 when putin s fourth term expires? does he change the constitution stay on? what happens if he dies? and he isn t a man who has looked for an exit strategy before and you now he s starting to. julia ioffe, thank you very much. just ahead, former press secretary to president obama, josh earnest. and new york times w journalist. you re watching morning joe.